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160-Million-Year-Old Proteins Show Surprising Power Against Superbugs
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160-million-year-old proteins show surprising power against superbugs
Scientists resurrected antimicrobial peptides from mammals that lived millions of years ago and found that some were more potent against drug-resistant bacteria than modern human versions. These evolutionary relics could provide new clues for designing treatments as antibiotic resistance becomes an increasingly serious threat.
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Ancient peptides have been able to suppress dangerous bacteria more powerful than human analogs.
The target of the researchers was lactoferrin, an immunological protein present in both modern mammals and extinct ancestors.
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